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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1951
Page
2
A discussion contrasts women's love of dance with men who rarely dance and dislike it. Jennie is portrayed as a wallflower while social success hinges on dancing, and many men avoid the dance floor despite potential social rewards.
Sales Directory entry notes H. W. White and Tolan Tollgate on White Post road and references W. C. Muller Estate at the County Court House with Stew listed property as part of real estate offerings.
A reader advises encouraging young men to dance to improve social ease and marriage prospects. It stresses practice over natural talent, notes shy and nonchalant attitudes among boys, and urges women to motivate partners. The piece ends with a lively ad for a new circus rug design featuring colorful clown and animal motifs.
A mixed Pentagon briefing described a wartime prisoner list deemed unverified. Officials cautioned the list may include fictitious names and noted only a portion had been publicly identified so far.
Two sailors were arrested by the FBI and a third is being sought on involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of Samuel E. Sloan Jr., 20, of Tampa. Sloan died at Portsmouth Naval Hospital from head injuries after a beating at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Lindell Gore of Royal Oak Michigan and William P Miller Jr of Murfreesboro Tennessee were arraigned with bond set at 5000 dollars each.
Funeral services for C. Hunter Robinson who died suddenly yesterday morning at 11:30 at his residence 433 W Leicester Street will be held tomorrow at 2 30 pm at Omps Funeral Home conducted by Dr Ronald Wilson Pallbearers include Holmes Yeakiey Clarence J Robinson Clarence A Robinson Kenneth Robinson William Fraula Edgar Brown Hunter Brown and Ansel Solenberger Interment in the family lot Mt Hebron Cemetery
The reader provides answers to page four quiz questions: 1 Englewood New Jersey and 2 Yes Nevada. The fragment lists a city and a yes response tied to a state.
Clarke County says goodbye to Henderson who, after World War II service and a VPI degree in animal husbandry, leaves his Clarke County post. The Henderson family recently bought a Berryville home and welcomed Corliss Lee and Sibyll Hudson as newborns.
Visitors to John Kerr School admired student artistry as Earl Shade donated Christmas trees and mothers provided cookies. Students presented a nativity tableau and carols while teachers and parents joined in festivities with classroom parties and memory pieces from third and second grade classes.
The Pentagon states the missing list will not affect the official casualty status of 3,108 Americans who remain listed as missing in action until they are accounted for by the enemy or the Red Cross. U S battle casualties rise to 103,000 with 15,692 killed in action in the latest tally announced yesterday.
NPR reports plates issued this year use about 36,000 tons of steel and aluminum for roughly 52 million vehicles. After licenses are issued next year, allocations to produce plates will be cut by 80 percent. Invis clips will be issued to update them.
The United States rejected a Soviet proposal aimed at creating a Red sphere of influence in the Middle East. Moscow’s stance since World War I is cited as evidence that the arna policy remains shared with Britain and Turkey, despite protests against Soviet command activities noted in notes to Moscow.
James Wood High School choir will sing carols for the Rotary Club at their regular meeting tomorrow at 1 pm at the Georgette Hotel. McSherry Lupton, program chairman for December, announced student participants from the school will also present a Christmas program.
Gus Hall a top Communist Party leader was found guilty in federal court of criminal contempt for failing to surrender last July to begin a five year prison term for violations of the Smith Act. Judge Slyvester J. Ryan set a sentencing date of December 27 as the government sought an additional five to seven years. Hall, former Ohio State secretary of the Communist Party, was among 11 party leaders convicted in 1949 of conspiring to advocate overthrow of the government by force.
Government says 5 500 are missing or killed from the 11 000 U S troops listed as missing, expressing shock at the discrepancy and suggesting some might be in North Korea or civilian life. Red newsmen speculate some captured soldiers could be with the North Korean Army.
Roanoke police charged 20 year old Lillian Connelly store cashier with grand larceny after a man grabbed a $1800 money bag from her hand on a busy downtown corner December 10. She was bound over to the grand jury after holding on a vagrancy charge with Det. Frank H. Webb presenting witnesses to show the act.
Weather reports indicate 18 inches of snow in parts of Vermont while Pennsylvania faces up to 15 inches in some areas. The region endures two storms since Friday with a third on the way as winter is set to begin. In California none of the fatalities are connected. Indiana reports 25 deaths linked to the storms.
Clarke Supervisor Academy operated as a school after 1810 until the Civil War. Rev. Wm Johnston taught for years at the Gentlemen Justices of the Peace for Clarke County. The deed was recorded by Clerk John Hay at the county’s 1836 organization. The sale, postponed from last Saturday, concerns Clarke County’s boundaries and early governance.
The article notes a provincial act to honor Virginia hero George Rogers Clark and traces Clarke County's earliest settlement to about 1740 with brothers John and James Lindsay settling near Long Marsh stream.
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